YORK, Pa. – Senior
Katherine Brown (Glenside, Pa./Abington) defended her title in the 100-yard breaststroke and cracked a NCAA 'B' cut to lead the Lycoming College swimming teams on the third day of the MAC Championships on Saturday, Feb. 11, at the York YMCA Aquatic Center.
Brown, who was seeded first in the event having won the preliminary, secured the title with a 1:03.99, just a tenth off her school record time of 1:03.88 in the event that she set as the 2022 champion. Brown's 1:03.99 makes the NCAA 'B' cut, with the potential to head to the NCAA Championships, as at the beginning of the weekend, the time would rank 16
th in Division III.
Brown, who also won the 100- and 200-yard breaststrokes in the 2022 MAC Championships, joins Stacy Flick '11, Lindsey Hunsicker '13 and Denise Zimmerman '84 as the only Warriors to win three individual MAC titles in a career.
Both the men and women moved up in the standings during the third day, with the men jumping from 11
th to ninth with 238 points and the women jumping from 10
th into ninth with 296 points. Stevens leads the men's event with 1,206 points and Messiah leads the women's event with 1,025 points.
Junior
Cathryn Brought (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro Area) placed 12
th in the 100-yard breaststroke with a 1:12.11. Her preliminary time, 1:11.69 is a personal-best.
In the 200-yard butterfly, junior
Courtney Chapman (Warminster, Pa./William Tennent) placed 16
th in the finals with a 2:36.26, a season-best time.
First-year
Augustus Wood (Herndon, Va./Herndon) clocked a 1:05.09 in the 100-yard backstroke to take 19
th, with a season-best preliminary time of 1:04.50.
The 800-yard freestyle relay team of Chapman, Wood, junior
Elisa DiNicola (Williamsport, Pa./Loyalsock Township), and first-year
Megan Lonergan (York, Pa./York Suburban) combined for a ninth-place finish with a 8:50.53.
In a time trial for the 100-yard individual medley, Brought swam a 1:02.68, breaking Eileen Mackson's record of 1:03.59 set in 1983.
On the men's side, three Warriors scored points in the 100-yard breaststroke as senior
Will Marcinkowski (Philadelphia, Pa./LaSalle College) finished the highest at 10
th, swimming a 1:01.10. Junior
Eliot Keith (New Ringgold, Pa./Blue Mountain) took 16
th with a 1:02.60, and senior
Matthew Michenfelder (East Windsor, N.J./Hightstown) swam a 1:05.24 for 23
rd.
Junior
C.J. Zortman (York, Pa./York Suburban) placed 23
rd in the 100-yard backstroke, clocking a season-best 58.80.
Zortman, Keith, sophomore
Noah Vivian (Barto, Pa./Boyertown), and junior
Brennan Warner (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro Area) combined for a 10
th place finish in the 800-yard freestyle relay with a 7:42.85.
Vivian also set a school record during a time trial for the 100-yard individual medley, swimming a 55.71, besting
Carter Branigan's 2021 time of 56.08.
The Warriors return to the pool on Sunday, Feb. 12, for the final day of the MAC Championships with preliminaries beginning at 9:30 a.m. and finals at 5:30 p.m. Events to take place will be the 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke, 200-yard breaststroke, the 1,650-yard freestyle and the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Women: 1. Messiah, 1025; 2. Stevens, 841; 3. Misericordia, 791; 4. Arcadia, 612; 5. Widener, 487; 6. York, 465; 7. FDU-Florham, 462; 8. Stevenson, 382; 9. Lycoming, 296; 10. Hood, 263; 11. Lebanon Valley, 237; 12. Albright, 191; 13. King's, 21; 14. Wilkes, 15.
200 Fly: Natalia Brunetti (SIT), 2:08.57, 16.
Courtney Chapman (LC), 2:36.26; 100 Back: Grace Schad (MES), 59.24, 19.
Augustus Wood (LC), 1:05.09; 100 Breast:
Katherine Brown (LC), 1:03.99, 12.
Cathryn Brought (LC), 1:12.12; 800 Free Relay: Messiah – A, 7:52.43, 9. Lycoming, 8:50.53.
Men: 1. Stevens, 1206; 2. York, 739; 3. Arcadia, 695; 4. Misericordia, 656.5; 5. Messiah, 644; 6. Hood, 445; 7. Widener, 414; 8. Stevenson, 325; 9. Lycoming, 238; 9. FDU-Florham, 238; 11, Albright, 218; 12. Lebanon Valley, 210; 13. King's, 197.5; 14. Wilkes, 117.
200 Fly: Edward Platonov (SIT), 1:53.67; 100 Back: Avery Barley (MES), 49.75, 23.
C.J. Zortman (LC), 58.80; 100 Breast: Angel Velasquez (SIT), 56.84, 10.
Will Marcinkowski (LC), 1:01.10, 16.
Eliot Keith (LC), 1:02.60, 23.
Matthew Michenfelder (LC), 1:05.24; 800 Free Relay: Stevens – A, 6:57.54, 10. Lycoming, 7:42.85.
